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Bboy Crazy Legs - Rock Steady - Part 1 of 2.
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Richard Colón, better known by his stage name Crazy Legs, is an American b-boy from the Bronx New York City, USA. He featured in the earliest stories on hip hop dancing to appear in mainstream press, and as president of the Rock Steady Crew brought the form to London and Paris in 1983.

Chapters:
00:00 Trailer.
01:55 Brian’s thoughts on the episode.
04:23 Brian’s introduction.
05:16 First European Hip hop tour in 1982.
08:26 Youthful misappreciation of the opportunity fame offered.
12:35 An emerging talent from his tough, but fun life, growing up in The Bronx.
16:47 Why he went out bombing and writing.
18:19 How the windmill came about.
24:04 Seeking out more people to battle in early 1980s Upper West Side.
26:36 What led to the explosion of hip hop downtown.
32:07 How did the different backgrounds and cultures intermingle?
35:17 Be yourself and respond to the music soulfully.
38:17 Practising hard to be the best and gaining respect by proving it in a battle.
42:28 Frustration at failing to benefit from their talent which was used by others to benefit themselves.
49:59 That’s not B-boying it’s Break Dancing with no funk to it: we’re going to reclaim it.
56:56 Too many hip hop movies are corny.
58:06 Appraisal of Netflix TV film ‘The Get Down’.
1:01:12 The essence of being a Bboy. Founding Puerto Rock Steady to benefit others.
1:06:20 Lack of UK Government support for a sport now going into Youth Olympics.
1:11:51 Why he battled Bboy Storm and the battle with Ken Swift didn’t take place.
1:20:59 Bboy Crazy Legs views on the Bboys who came out of Germany, France and Japan.
1:22:26 What he looks for when he judges Bboy battles.
1:24:36 A visiting scholar at Cornell University.
1:30:59 His hopes for the benefits to the worldwide community in future development of Bboying.
1:35:39 Success secrets.
1:36:35 What Crazy Legs changed his mind about in the last few months.
1:38:20 What we would be surprised to learn about Crazy Legs.
1:38:41 What keeps Crazy Legs awake at night.
1:40:23 What will Crazy Legs’ obituary say?
1:41:02 Phone call to the 20 year old Crazy Legs.
1:42:25 Best advice ever received.
1:43:50 Advice to the young person listening who wants to succeed in hip hop.
1:45:28 Brian’s summing up.

Show Notes:
Bboy Crazy Legs on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCW2glsq-_o
Bboy Crazy Legs on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/crazylegsbx/
Crazy Legs workshop
http://crazylegsworkshop.com/crazy-legs/about-crazy-legs
Bboy Crazy Legs on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/crazylegsbx/?hl=en
Puerto Rock Steady
https://puerto-rock-steady.myshopify.com/pages/about
Bboy Crazy Legs on Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Legs_(dancer)
Topics discussed:
Rock Steady Crew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Steady_Crew
Flashdance (film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashdance
Beat Street (film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_Street
Wild Style (film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Style
Style Wars (documentary)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_Wars
The Freshest Kids (documentary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDjcHMq4p9U
Afrika Bambaataa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrika_Bambaataa
Double Dutch (jump rope)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Dutch_(jump_rope)
Futura 2000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futura_2000
The Bronx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx
Graffiti Rock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graffiti_Rock
Take Me To Mardi Gras by Bob James
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_(Bob_James_album)
Last Night Changed It All – Max Vangeli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpePW9Cn278
The Kitchen
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kitchen
SOBs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOB%27s
The Source (magazine)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Source
Everybody Dance Now
https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/781309995
Give It Up, Turn It Loose
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Give_It_Up,_Turn_It_Loose
The Get Down (Netflix TV series)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Get_Down
Puerto Rico
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico
Cornell University Hip Hop Collection
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/hiphop/

People mentioned in this episode:
Henry Chalfant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Chalfant
Kool Lady Blue (Ruza Blue)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roxy_NYC
Fab 5 Freddy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fab_Five_Freddy
David Letterman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Letterman
Mr Wiggles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Wiggles
Jerry “Fast Feet” Fontanez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I45D4MQ4w9k

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